Elastic tire.



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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIcE.

i. FERDINAND SCHILLER, E PRAGUE, ,AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

ELAsTIc TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent. v

Patented May 16,;191'1.

Application led October 4, 1909. Serial No. 520,871.

To all who@ it may concern:

Beit known that I, FERDINAND SCHILLER, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary,.'residing at Prague, .Empire of Austria-I-Iungary,(have. invented certainA new and useful Improvements in Elastic Tires;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in .berbag 5, provided with the art towhich it appertains to make and use thesame. j j I Thisinvention relates to elastic tires for I road vehiclesof all kindsand has for its object to provide an elastic tire of greatstrength and durability and that may be readily and easily repaired.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation partly insection of a tire constructed in accordance with my invention and Fig. 2is aA transverse section of the,

same on the line A B, Fig. 1. .y

lis a felly of any preferred construction; in this felly a series ofrubber blocks 2.is so mounted that their sides are overlapped andgrasped by the inwardly projecting rims of4 the felly while the adjacentends of4 neighboring blocks are in contact with each other. Besides theblocks may be secured tothe felly by bolts/3 passing through the saidvblocks and the felly. Between any twoof neighboring blocks a hollowrubber body 4 is interposed which hollow body is received by suitablerecesses in the end faces of the b o cks and Which is adapted to beinflated by air under pressure. The walls of these hollow bodies vare ofconsiderable thickness for resisting the required high `pressure andeach of the hollow bodies incloses a soft rubavval've 6 of any known orpreferred construction lfor inflating such bag. The hollow -bodies4 areprefi .erably' spherical in shape. A

be hollow .and inliated by air under pressure.

If desired the blocks 2 may j The hollowbodies project beyond the blocksand constitute the running surface. As the'hollow bodies come slightlyimpairs the elasticity of the tirel as.

a whole. The wear'and tear of the tireso constructed is only slight andin case ofinjury only the blocks and hollow bodies injured have to beremoved and repaired Vor replaced by others. For this purpose it issufficient to release the blocks adjacent to a hollow body for instanceby unserewing the bolts 3 and tok slilglhtly turn them' outward` ow bodyand if required the blocks themselves may be removed and` whereupon theho either the former or also the latter `may be.

replaced by fresh ones'.

Claims: Y 1. In an elastic tire the-combination of a felly, a pluralityof blocks mounted therein,

the adjacent end faces of neighboring blocks being in contact with eachother and being` provided with recesses opposite each other,

hollow bodies interposed between the said ,adjacent end faces ofneighboring blocks and into the said recesses, such hollow bodies.

being. adapted to be inflated by air under pressure individually andprojecting beyond v the periphery'of-the blocks. 4 2. A tire, comprisina plurality ofelastic blocks forming a"tire ing'recessed ends, andhollow spherical in- -Hatable bodies between the blocks in the, re-

P'OleCtiIlg lbeyond' the faces of 'said blocks.y

cesses thereof v and Inltest'imony whereof, I aiiix. ture, in'presenceof two witnesses.

FERDINAND SCHILLER. Witnesses: a

j. KRISTIAN VOJER, p RoUEL STANET..

`opiesof .this patent mawbe obtained for vecents eachjjby addressing theCommissioner of `llategte,

Washington, n.450.

ody, said blocks hav-

